Bhagavad Gita
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Verse 8
Chapter 12
Verse 9 of 20
Verse 10
Verse 12.09
अथ चित्तं समाधातुं न शक्नोषि मयि स्थिरम्। अभ्यासयोगेन ततो मामिच्छाप्तुं धनञ्जय ॥12.9॥
12.09 atha cittaṃ samādhātuṃ na śaknoṣi mayi sthiram abhyāsayogena tato mām icchāptuṃ dhanaṃjaya
Translations
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BradOriginal Translation

But if to fix your mind steadily on Me you are not able, Then by the discipline of practice (abhyāsayoga), desire to attain Me, O Winner of wealth (Dhanañjaya).

Stoller MillerLiterary

If you cannot concentrate your thought firmly on me, then seek to reach me, Arjuna, by discipline in practice.

ZaehnerJesuit

(9) But if you are unable in all steadfastness to concentrate your thoughts on Me, then, seek to win Me by effort unremitting.

GambhiranandaAdvaita

12.9 If, however, you are unable to establish the mind steadily on Me, then, O Dhanañjaya, seek to attain Me through the Yoga of Practice.

AdidevanandaVishishtadvaita

12.9 If now you are unable to focus your mind on Me, then seek to reach Me, O Arjuna, by the practice of repetition.

SivanandaVedanta

12.9 If thou art unable to fix thy mind steadily on Me, then by the Yoga of constant practice do thou seek to reach Me, O Arjuna.

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Verse 8
Chapter 12
Verse 9 of 20
Verse 10